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ORGANIZATION (Details)	Jul. 29, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² property limitedPartnership corporation	Sep. 17, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 property
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of partnerships that purchase and lease back model homes from homebuilders in which the company is the general and limited partner \| limitedPartnership		6
Number of limited partnerships in which the company is sole general partner \| limitedPartnership		2
Income tax description		We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), for federal income tax purposes. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders and meet the various other requirements imposed by the Code relating to such matters as operating results, asset holdings, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership.
Long-term maturity debt, remaining in 2020		$ 7,032,975
Long-term maturity debt, in 2021		$ 29,091,117
Subsequent Event \| Common Class A
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Reverse stock split ratio	0.5
Model Home
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property		17		18
Long-term maturity debt, remaining in 2020		$ 6,150,969
Long-term maturity debt, in 2021		12,708,950
Notes Payable to Banks \| Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Principal amount			$ 14,000,000.0
Interest rate			8.00%
Mortgage Notes Payable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Long-term maturity debt, remaining in 2020		7,000,000.0
Long-term maturity debt, in 2021		29,100,000
Mortgage Notes Payable \| Model Home
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Long-term maturity debt, remaining in 2020		6,200,000
Mortgage Notes Payable \| Commercial Property
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Long-term maturity debt, remaining in 2020		$ 900,000
Office Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property		10
Office/Industrial Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| ft²		998,016
Retail Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property		4
Area of real estate property \| ft²		131,722
Residential Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property		132
Number of corporations \| corporation		1
Industrial Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property		1